A downtown Savannah walk and prayer service sponsored by two churches will close some roads Saturday morning.
Savannah-Chatham police will begin moving cars from the area around Wright Square about 8 a.m. to prepare for the crowd expected to participate in the Rally for Justice for Trayvon Martin, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.
Participants are expected to convene before 10 a.m. at the parking lot at Gwinnett Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. They will walk east on West Gwinnett to Montgomery Street, north on Montgomery to Charlton Street and then north on Bull Street to Bay Street.
A short prayer service is scheduled to be held on the south side of Bay Street before the assembly walks back to Wright Square from about 11 a.m. until noon, Miller said. Bay Street will not be closed but streets around City Market could be affected during the short prayer service in front of City Hall.
Traffic will be blocked at Whitaker and York streets, Bull and Oglethorpe Avenue, Drayton and President streets, Drayton and State streets, and Bull and Broughton streets for the duration of the rally. Miller said drivers may experience intermittent delays as the procession makes its way to Wright Square.
The walk and rally are being sponsored by Connor’s Temple Baptist Church and First Tabernacle Baptist Church.